The Meaning of Life with Dr. Bob » The Meaning of Life with Dr Bob http://themeaningoflifewithdrbob.com/blog Sharing the Meaning of Life from "This" Perspective Fri, 18 May 2012 15:20:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= The Meaning of Life, To Be Happy, and the Whole of Life and Where You Fit In http://themeaningoflifewithdrbob.com/blog/2010/08/15/the-meaning-of-life-to-be-happy-and-the-whole-of-life-and-where-you-fit-in-95/ http://themeaningoflifewithdrbob.com/blog/2010/08/15/the-meaning-of-life-to-be-happy-and-the-whole-of-life-and-where-you-fit-in-95/#comments Sun, 15 Aug 2010 11:59:04 +0000 db4u2 http://themeaningoflifewithdrbob.com/blog/?p=762 In the meaning of life, as I define it, to be happy, there is the place where you fit into life. Not knowing this is sad. In such a mood as that Gerry came through the door of my office. Shoulders drooping, countenance ashen, she eased herself into the chair as if she were positive that if she moved “wrong” she would cause herself great pain.

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I asked her how she was doing. “That’s just it, Dr. Bob. I just came from a weekend with my in-laws and I feel ridiculous. Where do I fit in?” She told me of how they, the in-laws, seemed to exclude her. How, at first, it seemed like her imagination. But no, as the weekend wore on, she realized they were deliberately being rude and belittling. She said she tried to understand why this was happening. Gerry said she always had problems with feeling like she did not fit. At first thought it was her own emotional tone that made her feel as she had that weekend. However, the more aware she became of her own feelings, the more she realized it was not all her.

Here was an authentic life challenge for Gerry for two reasons. One, she understood that because of her own feelings, actions and words by others could set off her own negative opinions of herself. Two, actions and words by others can be designed by them to maneuver a person in the direction of being an outcast. Both are real challenges, one coming from a person’s interior life and the other from exterior life.

What to do? How to help Gerry see that she fit no matter what was happening outside herself? And quickly done too. She appeared desperate.

“Gerry, do you understand the idea of ‘Universe’? That there is the whole, the entirety of creation?”

She allowed that she thought so. I asked if she believed she was a part of this whole.

“Well, yes, if I am in the Universe, then I must be part of it. What’s the point, Dr. Bob?”

“The point is that if you are part of this entirety we name the Universe, if you were missing from it, would it be the same?”

“Of course not,” she replied. I avow to you that at that precise moment, as she finished her reply, the color began to return to her face. She then made the intuitive leap. “I am part of the Universe, so … I fit no matter what.”

Here is where I needed to let her be in her thoughts and not interject more than was necessary. Sometimes doing that, interjecting more information than is needed, just gums up the works.

With a smile, Gerry said, “I never thought of it that way. Is it that simple? Yes, it is. And no one can ever take my place.” Her physical expression going out of the office was the complete opposite, I would say, of her way of moving when she first came in.

You must to understand that your life is a needed and integral part of the Universe in which you live. Your place can only be taken by you. No one can replace you or what you represent to the Universe. You often cannot easily see this. But it is there and part of the meaning of life. In that meaning, obviously, when you feel you fit, you will know happiness.

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]]> http://themeaningoflifewithdrbob.com/blog/2010/08/15/the-meaning-of-life-to-be-happy-and-the-whole-of-life-and-where-you-fit-in-95/feed/ 7 The Meaning of Life Involves You Finding Happiness http://themeaningoflifewithdrbob.com/blog/2009/10/24/the-meaning-of-life-involves-you-finding-happiness/ http://themeaningoflifewithdrbob.com/blog/2009/10/24/the-meaning-of-life-involves-you-finding-happiness/#comments Sat, 24 Oct 2009 20:10:24 +0000 db4u2 http://themeaningoflifewithdrbob.com/blog/?p=301 The meaning of life involves you finding happiness. To find happiness you have to know that you are connected to Something greater than yourself. See if this illustration relates.

In front of you there is a delicious looking cherry pie. (Substitute your favorite flavor of pie, if cherry is not. Cherry is my favorite.) Someone then cuts a generous piece out of the whole pie and serves it to a person sitting at table with you. You can ask yourself, how do I know that is cherry pie? (Go ahead, humor me for a moment.) The obvious answer is that it is a piece of cherry pie. The answer is so obvious that is seems almost silly to ask the question. Yet the entire process, asking the question and receiving the answer is of great significance.

That piece of pie we know of as cherry because it came from a whole cherry pie. Like came from like. Well, I say that

Cherry Pie, mmmmmmmmmm

Cherry Pie, mmmmmmmmmm

God is All in All, The Source of All That Is. I say that you (and I) came from God. If God is All, then you are part of the All. You are the All, so to speak. Like coming from like. There is no difference between the piece of the pie and the entire pie, except size.

God is everything and is in everything. Therefore, you are in God and God in you. No difference except maybe size. Do you see what value you have? You are the hands, feet, eyes, ears, etc., of The Source of All That Is. What The Source does, you do. What The Source Is, you are. Do you see the connection?

In this connection is happiness to be found, and, therefore, the meaning of life. You are here for one over-arching, all-important reason. To be happy.

There is no conflict in The Source. The Source is total harmony. The Source is in complete resonance with Itself. In other words, The Source is completely Happy. Your reason for being here is the same. Like after like.

The meaning of your life is to be happy. The reason you exists is to be happy. This is just the first part. There is much more to know about happiness. We’ll explore that together over the next several blogs. But from this happiness comes all your reason to be here. Through happiness you answer the question of “Why am I here?”

Understand today that you are part of the Great Harmony, the Great Happiness. From that base or start, all the rest of life flows into an endless stream of meaning, the meaning of life.

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]]> http://themeaningoflifewithdrbob.com/blog/2009/10/24/the-meaning-of-life-involves-you-finding-happiness/feed/ 1 To Be Happy Is the Meaning of Life – A Third Way to Get There Presents Itself http://themeaningoflifewithdrbob.com/blog/2009/09/30/to-be-happy-is-the-meaning-of-life-%e2%80%93-a-third-way-to-get-there-presents-itself/ http://themeaningoflifewithdrbob.com/blog/2009/09/30/to-be-happy-is-the-meaning-of-life-%e2%80%93-a-third-way-to-get-there-presents-itself/#comments Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:35:11 +0000 db4u2 http://themeaningoflifewithdrbob.com/blog/?p=228 Think batteries, in terms of the meaning of life. Think rechargeable batteries. Such batteries power everything from penlights to hybrid cars. But their charge of power to provide energy for whatever appliances they are attached to can run out. Rechargeable power cells, of course, can be attached to a recharging source.
You have available such a recharging source for yourself. As a matter of fact, you are already hooked up to It. You are always hooked up to It. And you can take advantage of this recharging source simply by being conscious of It. Yep. Nothing more to it than that.
Many of the rechargeable batteries on the market today have a limited number of times they can be recharged. After so many recharges, they cannot take any more energy. They are then useless and need to discarded in an eco-friendly way. But no so with you. You have the capacity to recharge and recharge, with no limits and no conditions.
But what is this recharge station that we all possess? It is none other than The Source of All That Is. It is very appropriate that we call God here, The Source. For in this blog we are thinking of the power to be happy. The power must come from somewhere – it come from The Source of All That Is.
There is this vibrant Power running through the entire universe. It has been called a number of names because it is so difficult to pin down. In the world of quantum physics, for example, it is sometimes called The Field. The estimate amount of energy in The Field is staggeringly beyond imagination.
But what does this have to do with you? The amount of energy to which you may attach yourself to be recharged is limitless. And the number of times you may be recharged is limitless. You need never run out of spiritual energy. (Yes, the physical body can run low on energy.) The spiritual consciousness within need never run out of power.
Power to do what? Actually, we are better able to ask, “Power to be what? Power to be conscious of your ever-empowering connection to Divine Matrix. In this Matrix lies all the power you will ever need to claim your happiness. When you plug yourself into this power of awareness and understand that this Power supports you in every way possible, (feels like being recharged), you can feel your happiness, your joy at being accepted and loved with and through all this Power. The Power never leaves you, never forsakes you.
As you search for the meaning of life, think rechargeable batteries, think ever-present Power.

I wholeheartedly invite your questions or concerns. drbob@themeaningoflifewithdrbob.com

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